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YUMA, Ariz., (KYMA, KECY) - Following a victorious weekend for three local Imperial Valley teams that lifted a CIF title banner, the focus now turns to the southern California state bracket. The Holtville Lady Vikings were awarded the No. 3 seed in the CIF SoCal Division IV bracket and will...

SAN DIEGO – After losing last year’s CIF-San Diego Section Division III championship, the Holtville High School softball team was in the same position this year and one division higher. “That has kind of been on my mind since last year really,” said Vikings senior starting pitcher Kalli...

IMPERIAL – The City of Imperial Summer 2023 Activity Guide is online as a downloadable PDF. Everything from science and sport summer camps, kung fu and zumba, the Summer Arts Series and Rec Classes as well as an extensive swim lessons schedule and pool activities are available in the Guide.

Lincoln takes Div. 5 title to give the Hornets a trifecta of championships in football, basketball and baseball; Calexico takes advantage of Bishop's errors in Div. 4 rout.

YUMA, Ariz., (KYMA, KECY) - Championship weekend has passed but there's more ahead for three local Imperial Valley teams who punched their tickets to the California state tournament. For the Holtville Vikings, the road has been a wild one since the same group of core players helped build this team...

It has been one year since the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas. The City of Calexico is using that moment to help them prepare should a mass shooting situation take place locally. The post Calexico prepared for mass shooting after Uvalde tragedy appeared first on KYMA.

* WHAT…For the first Wind Advisory, southwest winds 15 to 25. mph with gusts up to 40 mph. For the second Wind Advisory,. west winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 55 mph expected. * WHERE…Southwest corner of Imperial County and Western. Imperial County. * WHEN…For...

IMPERIAL COUNTY – On Tuesday, May 23rd, the Imperial County Board of Supervisors held their scheduled regular meeting. Due to a personal matter, Supervisor Jesus Escobar was excused from the meeting. The following are highlights of the meeting:. • The Board, joined by the Imperial County Department of Public...

One resident suffered smoke inhalation and was treated by an ambulance. Three residents have been displaced and the Red Cross has been requested.  The post El Centro home on fire, no other homes affected appeared first on KYMA.

Within days following the attack of Pearl Harbor by Japan on December 7, 1941, the FBI would apprehend over one hundred Japanese men in Imperial Valley in a series of large- scale sweeps that separated families from their providers. In the weeks following, a wave of fear would sweep our country causing federal, state, and local officials to take panicked political actions against local Japanese men, women, and children. Six months later, every single Japanese resident of Imperial Valley – including farmers, business owners, ministers, and some of our earliest settlers – would be ordered to evacuate with only the belongings they could manage to carry. All ultimately transported in buses to an Indian reservation in the Arizona desert. Driven by panic and fear, America would also provide no financial protection to those suddenly forced to abandon everything they had worked for in pursuit of the American Dream. This was not an evacuation of “bobbing heads and waving hands,” this was a mass deportation and incarceration of Imperial Valley Japanese families. A tragedy that should be remembered forever as it revealed the real repercussions of viral complicity and failed leadership, both morally and politically, in our nation.

IMPERIAL COUNTY – The Imperial County Board of Supervisors signed a Service Agreement with SURE Helpline Center, Womanhaven, the Imperial County Public Administrator, the Imperial County Community College District, and Catholic Charities to address homelessness in the county. The agreement is for Rounds 1 and 2 of the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention Program.

EL CENTRO – Columbia College of Imperial held a Career-Connect event Thursday, March 25, at the Imperial Valley Mall in El Centro. Job seekers rolled in by the masses and hundreds of resume-clad eventgoers meandered their way through the mall corridor from booth to booth in search of job leads.

For Memorial Day, Imperial County residents honor and remember veterans who lost their lives. The post Imperial County remembers the fallen on Memorial Day appeared first on KYMA.

EL CENTRO – El Centro Police Department officers conducted a traffic stop, Thursday, May 25, around 6:19 p.m., on a burgundy-colored Volvo semi truck hauling a white cargo trailer by Interstate 8 just west of Imperial Avenue. The semi-truck driver was identified as 37-year-old Ameen Kahlla, a resident of...

After decades of solving the problem of wastewater that runs through the New River, the City of Calexico will begin its first stage of improvements to the river that has become a concern for the public health of the residents in the area. The post Construction at New River in Calexico begins appeared first on KYMA.

EL CENTRO – The El Centro Police Department (ECPD) reports in a May 27 news release that on Thursday, May 25, at approximately 6:19 pm, ECPD officers conducted a traffic stop on a burgundy-colored Volvo semi-truck hauling a white cargo trailer near Interstate 8 (I-8) to the west of Imperial Avenue.

YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY-TV) - It's a sunny and dry Memorial Day, where afternoon temperatures are trending cooler than normal. Later tonight, temperatures will start to dip into the low 80s and upper 70s, making it cool night ahead. Gustier winds will start to pick up this evening/tonight, where stronger...

CALEXICO — Just yards from the border, east of Gran Plaza Outlets, Calexico held a groundbreaking ceremony Friday, May 26, to open the site of The New River Improvement Project. The New River crosses from Mexico northward through the city of Calexico to the Salton Sea and is considered...

SAN DIEGO, Calif., (KYMA, KECY) - Friday evening will come as a familiar scene for the Holtville Lady Vikings softball program. For the third straight season, they will get their shot at raising a CIF San Diego Section banner - this time in Division II after winning in Helix in Division IV in 2021 and coming up short in the Division III game in 2022.

IMPERIAL – “The Park After Dark” happening Saturday, May 27, from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at Eager Park. This event will feature live music, Lucha Libre, food vendors, a beer garden and more. You are asked to bring your own chairs and blankets to enjoy the concert. The event is free. If you need more information contact the City of Imperial Parks and Recreation Department by phone (760) 355-3316 or email parks@cityofimperial.org.